Redoak, Amazon Dismiss Copyright Claims Over Horror Film’s Online Sales

Plaintiff Redoak Communications and defendant Amazon “settled their respective claims for relief and defenses asserted in this litigation” in which Redoak alleged Amazon was selling unlicensed VHS, DVD and Blu-ray copies online of the horror film Just Before Dawn, said their stipulation of dismissal Wednesday (docket 9:23-cv-80008) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in West Palm Beach. The parties asked the court to dismiss with prejudice Redoak’s claims against Amazon, and to assert parties will bear their own attorneys’ fees and court costs. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra granted those requests in a signed order Wednesday. Amazon’s March 1 counterclaims asserted Redoak’s infringement allegations were barred by the first-sale doctrine, but Amazon dismissed those counterclaims June 30 (see 2307030010).